Tsuba with design of hollyhock leaves and stems
Kinai
(Japanese)
Echizen Kinai School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, sukashi-bori, engraving and hira-zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.3 x 7 x 0.5 cm (2 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2082
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
early to mid-19th century
Early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 17th century
Late 18th century